I'm trying to scrape username and media information from a list of Instagram user using unofficial instagram-Api with python. The library is there
I understand how I can scrape information from the user that is logged but i can't understand how i can refer to another username.
This is the code for taking my Instagram information
from InstagramAPI import InstagramAPI
import time
username = 'myUser'
pwd = 'mypass'
API = InstagramAPI(username,pwd)
API.login()
time.sleep(2)
API.getProfileData()
pk = API.LastJson['user']['pk']
maxid = ''
while True:
API.getUserFeed(pk, maxid)
feed = API.LastJson
if 'fail' in feed['status']:
break
for i in range(0, len(feed['items']) - 1):
mediadata = feed['items'][i]
print("\033[0;34m"
"\n------------------------\n"
"Media number: "
"Like count: "
"Comment count: "
.format(i,
mediadata['like_count'],
mediadata['comment_count']))
if feed['items'][i]['caption'] is None:
print("Caption: ["
"\033[0;31m"
"No Caption available"
"\033[0;34m"
"]\n")
else:
caption = mediadata['caption']['text']
if len(caption) > 30:
caption = caption[:30] + ' (...)'
print("Caption:
[\033[0;32m{}\033[0;34m]\n".format(caption))
I solved it with: API.searchUsername('IG_USERNAME') before this code: pk = API.LastJson['user']['pk']. It Works for me.
Enjoy :D